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Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Section 18 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 30 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, every listed building consent shall be granted subject to the condition that the works to which it relates must be begun not later than the expiration of—
(a)[F1three years] beginning with the date on which the consent is granted; or
(b)such other period (whether longer or shorter) beginning with that date as the authority granting the consent may direct, being a period which the authority considers appropriate having regard to any material considerations.
(2)If listed building consent is granted without the condition required by subsection (1), it shall be deemed to have been granted subject to the condition that the works to which it relates must be begun not later than the expiration of [F1three years] beginning with the date of the grant.
[F2(2A)Subsection (2B) applies if any proceedings are begun to challenge the validity of a grant of listed building consent or of a deemed grant of listed building consent.
(2B)The period before the end of which the works to which the consent relates are required to be begun in pursuance of subsection (1) or (2) must be taken to be extended by one year.
(2C)Nothing in this section prevents the works being begun from the time the consent is granted.]
(3)Nothing in this section applies to any consent to the retention of works granted under section 8(3).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 18(1)(a)(2) substituted (24.8.2005 for E., otherwise prosp.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 51(4)(a), 121(1) (with ss. 51(6), 111); S.I. 2005/2081, art 2(c) (with art. 4)
F2S. 18(2A)-(2C) inserted (24.8.2005 for E., otherwise prosp.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 51(4)(b), 121(1) (with ss. 51(6), 111); S.I. 2005/2081, art 2(c) (with art. 4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 18A(1)(b)(ii): power to amend conferred (19.8.2020) by Business and Planning Act 2020 (c. 16), ss. 19(3), 25(3)(b)
C2Ss. 17–20 modified by S.I. 1990/1519, reg. 13(1); applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1990/1519, reg. 12, Sch. 3
C3Ss. 17-20 modified (W.) (30.4.2012) by The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (No. 793), regs. 1, 16, Sch. 3
C4Ss. 7-29 applied (Isles of Scilly) (with modifications) (2.10.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2148), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 1(2))
C5S. 18 excluded (1.1.2022) by The Listed Buildings (Heritage Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1177), reg. 1, Sch.
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